Rate Limiting
Overview
This API employs rate and concurrency limiting to ensure fair usage and maintain service availability for all users. Rate and concurrency limits are enforced based on the subscription plan associated with each user's API key.
Rate Limits
The following subscription plans and their corresponding limits are enforced:
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Free Plan:
- Rate limit: 1 request per 10 seconds
- Concurrency limit: 1 request at a time
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Pro Plan:
- Rate Limit: 1 request per second
- Burst Limit: 5 requests per second
- Concurrency Limit: 5 requests at a time
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Spelunker Plan:
- Rate Limit: 1 request per second
- Burst Limit: 5 requests per second
- Concurrency Limit: 5 requests at a time
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Analyst Plan:
- Rate Limit: 5 request per second
- Burst Limit: 10 requests per second
- Concurrency Limit: 10 requests at a time
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Enterprise Plan:
- Rate Limit: Custom
- Burst Limit: Custom
- Concurrency Limit: Custom
Handling Rate Limits
When a client exceeds their rate or concurrency limit, the API responds with an appropriate HTTP status code and includes specific headers in the response to provide details.
Status Codes and Responses
Rate Limit Exceeded
Headers:
X-RateLimit-Limit: The maximum number of requests permitted within the current rate limit window.X-RateLimit-Remaining: The number of requests remaining before the rate limit resets.Retry-After: The number of seconds until the rate limit resets.
Concurrency Limit Exceeded
Headers:
X-Concurrency-Limit: The maximum number of requests permitted to run concurrently.X-Concurrency-Remaining: The number of requests remaining before the concurrency limit resets.